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    Exclamation Wydow dead

    I went out to start my 08 SE Spyder which has been on a charger:
    1st turn key
    2nd display cycles through
    3rd hit button to stop scrolling message
    4th hit start button
    after pressing the start button i hear a click and the display shuts down...no start
    turn key off and back on and nothing
    wait a few moments turn the key on and the same things happen.
    Anybody have a clue on what this could be? I still have warranty but will have to get her towed to the shop

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    I'd just be guessing; but the battery would be where'd I'd start my quest for power...
    Try to see if you can get a voltage reading...
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    Could be bad connection between charger and battery. Really bad news is battery could be shot completely and just won't take a charge. I'd check connections first.



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    Charge your battery and check the connections. The battery should be tested, it may be on its last legs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CincySpyder View Post
    I went out to start my 08 SE Spyder which has been on a charger:
    1st turn key
    2nd display cycles through
    3rd hit button to stop scrolling message
    4th hit start button
    after pressing the start button i hear a click and the display shuts down...no start
    turn key off and back on and nothing
    wait a few moments turn the key on and the same things happen.
    Anybody have a clue on what this could be? I still have warranty but will have to get her towed to the shop
    Same thing happened to me earlier this year. Turns out the battery has seen better days. Also had mine on a tender and the light even showed that it was charged up but still a no go. New battery installed and it fired right up.

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    Change the battery. If it is the original it is past due. I would look to the relay in the fuse box next. Mine had a similar problem. and was fixed by a relay. I would change all of the relays too.

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    Yup! It sounds like the battery may have seen better days! I would also check all of the battery connections and your battery tender, to make sure it is working correctly. I had a battery tender overcharge a battery of mine and ruined the battery.
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    I am also voting battery and/or connections.

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    I know you had your foot on the brake pedal when tried to start it .....right !!!!!!!......I would check the Battery connections to make sure they have not sulfated (white powder residue) and you have clean connections......But as was suggested earlier 4 years for a Spyder might be pushing it's Battery lifespan unless it's been treated perfectly for the past 4 yrs.........just saying.........Mike.........

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    Sounds like a connection problem, my 2012 RT did this, come to find out the dealer put the tender on wrong causing an array of problems for months. But I will agree with Scotty, but I could be wrong.

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    took battery to get tested....Battery good but needs charged..hopefully that is the problem..now I will have to see if my Battery Tender is bad, it is about 4 years old as well..maybe blown inline fuse and that is why it didn't charge the battery..we will see

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    I have a lot of battery tenders, love them, I did have one bad one that over charged a battery. The tender apparently didn't turn off and just keep going,it dried the battery out. Threw that tender and bought another with the new battery. It is possible for the battery tender to be faulty, yours may not be charging.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CincySpyder View Post
    ..now I will have to see if my Battery Tender is bad, it is about 4 years old as well..maybe blown inline fuse and that is why it didn't charge the battery..we will see
    I know that mine's got a light up on top of it that indicates "something"... If yours isn't lighting; then check the fuse.
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    ok got the battery back in fully charged...now the bike starts right up but after a few seconds the engine consistantly keeps reving higher and higher, like the throttle is twisted..too high to shift into first on an SE5..anybody know what would cause that?

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    When mine did that I ultimately had to change the battery -- once it started that was the only cure!!!!
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    Went out today and she started fine and ran fine...now I am stumped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FANG View Post
    When mine did that I ultimately had to change the battery -- once it started that was the only cure!!!!
    When you change the battery is it a simple swap or you need to mess with electronics?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dvmdf View Post
    When you change the battery is it a simple swap or you need to mess with electronics?
    Simple swap, The only electronics you have to mess with is resetting the clock.
    Any 15 year old can do that,
    And that's who reset mine, And how do i know that;
    Because this 68 year old couldn't.

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    But where can you find a 15 year old who'll take their head out of the video game that's sucking their brain "stupid" to do it for you?
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    My throttle had a mega RPM at startup while at Hoover Dam on the way to Durango. Only did it once. The Nanny probably had a momentary brain fart.
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